Securitizing Russia: Discursive Practices of the Baltic States

Authors

Øyvind Jæger, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Abstract

The author argues that the security situation of the Baltic countries cannot be separated from the way the Balts themselves speak of security. This is a discourse of danger producing insecurity in pursuit of security. Moreover, this article is a study of identity by demonstrating how Baltic security issues are constituted by discourses of danger revolving around Russian Otherness and European Sameness. In conclusion, the following aspects are addressed: the prospects for the coming together of East and West in the Baltic Sea Region – and NATO’s role in this process – and whether this process will come to ease with a parallel between sovereignty and regionality as organising principles for political space, or whether the one will succumb to the other in the course of a prolonged contest.

Author Bio(s)

Øyvind Jæger has been affiliated to the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute.

Keywords

Baltic states, European sameness, identity, NATO, regionality, Russian otherness, securitization, sovereignty

Publication Date

11-2000

DOI

10.46743/1082-7307/2000.1009

Recommended Citation

Jæger, Øyvind (2000) "Securitizing Russia: Discursive Practices of the Baltic States," Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.
DOI: 10.46743/1082-7307/2000.1009
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol7/iss2/2